Presvyteros diplēs timēs axios, or, The true dignity of St. Paul's elder exemplified in the life of ... Mr. Owen Stockton ... with a collection of his observations, experiences and evidences recorded by his own hand : to which is added his funeral sermon / by John Fairfax ...

Oct. 8. Having been overtaken with the sin which easily besets me, and hath often foil∣ed me, My Spirit fell, and my faith flagg'd, and I could not look upon God with any bold∣ness, was indisposed to prayer. Yet in time of prayer God magnified his free grace to me, and revived my Souls with that word, 1 Joh. 2. 1, 2. If any man sin we have an Advocate &c. After I had ended my Supplications I

pondered on that Scripture, and was comfort∣ed against the sense of my sin, by the Advo∣cateship of Jesus Christ, who pleadeth his propitiatory Sacrifice, as a Satisfaction to his Fathers justice for the sins of believers, as oft as they fall into them, and querying with my self whether he would be an Advocate to me to plead for me: I was satisfied from that word, Joh. 6. 37. him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. I was also further encouraged from, Heb. 7. 25. I considered that the In∣tercession of Christ, answered all charges and accusations that could be brought against those for whom he interceded, Rom. 8. 33. 34. and that the Intercession of Christ kept us ••o firmly in the love of God, that nothing could be able to separate us from it, Rom. 8. 34. 35, 38, 39. I considered further that the persons for whom he interceded were such as came to God by him, and that he interceded for them at all times, when they are fallen as well as when they stand, when they are dead, as well as when in a lively frame, for He ever liveth to make intercession. After these me∣ditations▪ my Spirit revived and notwith∣standing I was before bowed down under the sense of guilt, I went with boldness to God, leaning upon the merits and Intercession of Jesus Christ.